Physical Description
xviii, 321 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Preface: The Black book
Polemics. A little history of photography criticism; or, Why do photography critics hate photography?
Photojournalism and human rights: the calamity of the Kodak
Places. Warsaw, Lodz, Auschwitz: in the waiting room of death
China: from Malraux's dignity to the Red Guards' shame
Sierra Leone: beyond the sorrow and the pity
Abu Ghraib and the jihad: the dance of civilizations
People. Robert Capa: the optimist
James Nachtwey: the catastrophist
Gilles Peress: the skeptic.
ISBN
9780226482507
0226482502 (alk. paper)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface: The Black book -- Polemics. A little history of photography criticism; or, Why do photography critics hate photography? -- Photojournalism and human rights: the calamity of the Kodak -- Places. Warsaw, Lodz, Auschwitz: in the waiting room of death -- China: from Malraux's dignity to the Red Guards' shame -- Sierra Leone: beyond the sorrow and the pity -- Abu Ghraib and the jihad: the dance of civilizations -- People. Robert Capa: the optimist -- James Nachtwey: the catastrophist -- Gilles Peress: the skeptic.
